For example, a patient may experience fatigue.
Suppose, for example, a patient is given an X-ray at his local clinic.
Imagine, for example, a patient who comes to the hospital for a hip replacement.
To treat prostate cancer, for example, a patient is faced with strategies ranging from watchful waiting to surgery to the use of radioactive implants.
For example, a patient using the service was able to check her test results, so we were able to focus entirely on discussing treatment with her".
For example, a patient coming in for eye surgery gets asked by at least two people what eye is to be operated on.
"When, for example, a patient who is about to undergo a straightforward surgical procedure anxiously asks the surgeon, 'Doctor, am I going to make it?' what should the surgeon say?" asks Walter Brown.
For example, a patient with unstable angina, end-stage COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] or a terminal illness meets the definition of a frequent caller but will have regular contact with us for a genuine acute need.
For example, a patient may ask how big the tumors are, and the doctor may answer in millimeters — when the patient really wants to know: "Is the cancer getting worse?
On Nov. 19, 2001, for example, a patient receiving blood bought from the Red Cross's greater Chesapeake and Potomac region, which serves the Washington area, died of hepatitis, according to an F.D.A. report.
And it's not just social chat, it's technical chat as well – staff exchanging information and helping one another if, for example, a patient is about to faint or it's difficult to find a vein.
